10:46 PM,
Jul. 8, 2013

Wreckage of Asiana Flight 214 lies on the ground Saturday after it crashed at San Francisco International Airport.

Written by

Paul Elias
and Martha Mendoza

The Asiana jet that crashed at San Francisco International Airport left lower sections of its tail on a rocky seawall and in the bay, then scattered debris several hundred feet down the runway, the NTSB reported Monday in describing the plane's deadly path.

National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman Deborah Hersman said the lower portion of the plane's tail cone was found in rocks inside the seawall. A "significant piece" of the tail of the aircraft was in the water, and other plane parts were visible at low tide, she said.